Construction work is underway on a £23 million cancer research centre project at the University of Nottingham.

GF Tomlinson is expanding the University's Centre for Biomolecular Sciences to deliver a new state-of-the-art research facility to help identify new breakthroughs in the treatment and diagnosis for serious diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular, liver, bone and respiratory conditions.

Designed by architects Benoy, the 65,000 sq ft centre will be housed across five floors and contain world-class laboratories, research space for 350 academics, researchers and PHD students, as well as bringing together experts currently located across six university sites.


Located on the University Park Campus, two link bridges will be created on the third floor to connect the new building to the existing Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (CBS) building and adjacent Boots Science building.

The facility will also benefit from sustainable features such as thermal insulation, rooftop plantrooms, photovoltaic panels and brise soleil sun screens. The centre is scheduled to open in late 2019.

Andy Sewards, Managing Director for G F Tomlinson, said: "We're proud to be working with the University of Nottingham again to deliver another flagship project to improve specialist research facilities; the research taking place at this centre will eventually lead to improving the lives of people affected by serious diseases.

"We recently delivered the Advanced Manufacturing Building on the university's Jubilee Campus and this development builds on our reputation for delivering high quality, sustainable buildings within the higher education sector.

"This building's sustainable features will help it to achieve BREEAM ‘Excellent' rating, meaning that it will meet strict industry standards for eco-efficiency which will help keep running costs low and protect the environment."

The project team includes specialist project managers, Buro Four.

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